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Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. OKLAHOMA TORNADO FLATTENS NEIGHBORHOODS, KILLS DOZENS At least 20 ... 

The parents and guardians stood in the muddy grass outside a suburban Oklahoma City church, listening as someone with a bullhorn called out the names of children who were ... 

When Jodi Arias addresses the jury in her murder trial one more time, the big question will be whether she pleads for mercy or repeats what she told a TV reporter minutes ... 

Here is a look at the deadliest attacks in Iraq since the withdrawal of U.S. troops on Dec. 18, 2011: —May 20, 2013: A wave of attacks, some at markets and in rush hour ... 

Iranian news websites have boosted speculation that election overseers have barred two prominent but divisive figures from next month's presidential ballot. The hardline ... 

Three members of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group died of wounds sustained while fighting for control of a strategic Syrian town near the Lebanese border, activists said ... 

The facts laid out by prosecutors are plain: In 2008, a U.S. government employee on assignment in Zimbabwe drove through the capital of Harare in his government-issued Toyota ... 

It was a rare moment in relations between the media and the government: In 2008, FBI Director Robert Mueller called the top editors at The New York Times and The Washington ... 

His latest legislative achievements put him in the vanguard of his party's liberal base. He's been a top fundraiser for President Barack Obama. And he's ramping up his travel ...